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Hope Starts With Us: Medicaid and Mental Health: What Changes Could Mean for Our Community

In this episode, NAMI���s Chief Advocacy Officer Hannah Wesolowski guest hosts a special episode about Medicaid���s importance for the mental health community. Hannah is joined by NAMI Minnesota Executive Director Sue Abderholden and NAMI���s Director Public Policy, Anita Burgos. Together, they discuss the potential changes to federal Medicaid funding, what Medicaid is and why it���s […]

Medicaid State Fact Sheets

Medicaid is the largest funder of mental health services in the U.S. Download state-specific statistics on Medicaid and mental health (as of 2025) to share with decision makers to help inform their policy positions and protect Medicaid. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa […]

Navigating the Criminal Justice System

COMING SOON A NAMI resource guide for people with mental illness and their families impacted by the criminal justice system NAMI will be releasing a new guide for people with mental illness and their families who become involved in the criminal justice system. In this forthcoming guide, you���ll find: Information to help you better understand […]

NAMI Ask the Expert: Advancing Schizophrenia Research – Integrating Lived Experience and Scientific Progress in the AMP SCZ Initiative

Thursday, April 24, 2025 | 4:00 ��� 5:30 p.m. ET This presentation provides an in-depth overview of the Accelerating Medicines Partnership�� Schizophrenia (AMP SCZ) initiative, a collaborative effort aimed at enhancing our understanding of the critical period before the first onset of psychosis in those who go on to develop schizophrenia. Participants will explore the […]

Proposed Cuts to Medicaid Deeply Unpopular Across Party Lines, New NAMI-Ipsos Poll Finds

Arlington, VA ��� Americans are deeply and overwhelmingly opposed to slashing funding for Medicaid, according to new polling data released today by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Seven in ten Americans, including a majority across party lines, disagree that Medicaid funding should be cut to reduce government spending, and nearly eight in 10 […]

NAMI-led Regulatory Comment to the FCC on Privacy and Georouting Texts to 988

Regulatory comment to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on behalf of organizations in the Reimagine Crisis partnership, in response to the Commission���s request for further information related to georouting for texts to 988. The letter reiterates partners’ support for the FCC���s proposed rule to implement georouting for texts to 988, so that text messages sent […]

Statement from Leading Mental Health and Substance Use Organizations on Drastic HHS Staffing Reductions

Today, 12 leading national mental health and substance use organizations released a statement following the announcement of drastic staffing cuts at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): As the nation���s leading mental health, suicide prevention, and substance use organizations, we are deeply alarmed by the widespread, immediate staffing cuts and dismantling of […]

Hope Starts With Us: Mental Health is Health

In this episode, NAMI CEO Daniel H. Gillison, Jr. is joined by Elliott Connie, a psychotherapist and advocate for mental health. This discussion focuses on Elliott Connie���s solution focused therapy practice, men���s mental health, and opening up conversations about mental health within Black communities.

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